Vehicle-hub



(NO Model.)

E. T. WADE.

VEHICLE HUB.

No. 423,360. Patented Marpl-l, 1890.

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UNITED VSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDV/IIN T. IVADE, OF IVESSON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-THIRDTO JEFFERSON D. TYNES, OF'BROOKI-IAVEN, MISSISSIPPI.

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SPECIFICATION forming partvof Letters Patent No. 423,360, dated March 11., 1890.

Application filed July 17, 1889. Serial No. 317,831. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be itknown that I, EDWIN T. VADE, a citizen ot the United States, residing at IVesson, in the county of Copiah and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and useful Hub,

of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in hubs.

The object of the present invention is to provide a hub of simple and inexpensive construction adapted to be readily taken apart for the removal of a broken spoke and the insertion of a new one, and capable of having its parts readily replaced when they become worn 0r broken.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of part-s hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hub constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A designates a hub composed of sections A and A2, through which passes an axle-box B, and between which are clamped the spokes C. The sections A and A2 are provided with the concentric ianges a and a which engage each other and hold the sections Aand A2 together. The Iiange a projecting from the section A is smaller than the fiange a, and is provided with external threads a2, which engage internal threads a3 of the flange a. The opposing faces a4 of the sections have between their peripheries and the concentric flanges a and a inward-inclined sides, which form, when the sections are put together, a recess that is adapted to receive the spokes C, which have their greatest width at the butts c and taper toward the shoulders c2, thereby conforming to the coniguration of the recess and heilig securely retained therein.

The interior aof the section A is threaded and adapted for the reception of the threaded end b of the axle-box B, which also assists in securing the two sections A and A2 together. The other end of the axle-box B is provided with a iiange Z9', which engages an annular recess a ot' the section A2, and has a transverse groove b2 to receive a screw-driver to turn the axle-box B in place. The threads a2 and a2 of the hub proper are designed to 55 be right hand while those of the axle-box are left hand, whereby the sections will be securely held together and prevented from accidentally separating.

The hub A maybe either straight or have a slight dish, and is secured to an axle D by a nut E, which lies within the outer end CL2 of the hub A, and the said outer end a is externally threaded and provided with a cap F, which prevents the access of dust and dirt to the axle and escape of grease, which is a great advantage. f

Frein the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings it will be seen that the hub may readily be taken apart for the removal and insertion of spokes and for replacing the axle -box when it has become worn.

That I claim isl. A hub composed of the section A, havin gthe threaded interior a5 and the externallythreaded iiange a, the section A2, provided` with theinternally-threaded flange a', adapted to engage the ange a., and the axle-box cngaging the threaded interior of the section A, substantially as described.

2. A hub composed of the section A having the threaded interior a5 and the flange a, the section A2, provided with the annular recess c and the iiange a', and the axle-box having one end engaging the threaded interior a5 of the section A and the other end provided with a iiange b', iitting in the annular recess of the section A2, substantially as described.

3. A hub comprising the section A, having the threaded interior a5 and the externally-threaded flange a, the section A2, provided with interiorly-threaded iian ge a, and the axle-.box having the threaded end engagv ing the threaded interior a5, the threads of the axle-box and interior a5 and those of the anges a and a being in opposite directions, substantially as described.

4. A hub having its outer end threaded IOO ro the periphery of the sections, the edges vof each flange abutting against the face 0f the adjacent section, substantially as described.

In tesiilnony that I claim thc foregoing as my own I have hereto aixed iny signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN T. WADE.

Witnesses:

M. M. WEST, JOE BROWN. 

